stone butch blues

For the last year or so, Stone Butch Blues has been out of print. This has made me utterly frustrated since it’s one of the few books that i constantly buy for others to read. I went to hear Leslie Feinberg (the author) speak once and she said that the purpose of SBB was to communicate gender theory through life experience. The story is so poignant, revealing all of the emotions that one feels when experience gender confusion.

I still remember the night that i read it. I was in undergrad and working for the summer. I felt really ill so i went home early from work to sleep. I picked up SBB. Every hour or so i had to put it down because i was crying so intensely, but i could never put it down for long. I watched the sun rise the next morning as i finished the story, forever moved.

Anyhow, i just got an email message from Leslie Feinberg:

I’m happy to announce that a new edition of Stone Butch Blues is being published by Alyson. The book will be available in stores by spring 2004. Copies may be in the warehouse as early as November 2003.

The distributor is Consortium. Their phone number is (800) 283-3572. The ISBN for Stone Butch Blues is 1-55583-853-7.

It’s a must read.

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3 thoughts on “stone butch blues

  1. Adam Brown

    Hi,

    It was just moments ago while shopping at Amazon that I discovered that SBB is out of print. I was mortified! As someone who has bought,lent and lost this book (several times), I feared I wouldn’t have a copy of my very own ever again. It was Leslie Feinberg’s beautiful and intense story that really “brought me out” as a butch when I read it for the first of many times, at the tender age of 14. As a man of transgender experience in my third year of physical transition, I’m thrilled to find out that there is a new edition in print.

    Peace,
    Adam

  2. Lisa

    I have a mint to excellent paperback of Stone Butch Blues signed by Leslie Feinberg. If you are intersted it will be up on ebay for the next week.
    It was signed,
    In the Spirit of Stonewall! Leslie Feinberg

    Namaste,

    Lisa

  3. Lacey

    PLEASE!!! If anyone can tell me how to buy a copy of SBB before or even a little after christmas, i would be so appreciative. My lover desperatly wants/needs to read this book, and so do i! it would be great for us. please just click on my name and email me any information you might have. ive looked everywhere! i probably wont be able to find this site again so an email will be perfect. please?! thanks so much.

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